Equality in Britain has never been about the distribution of wealth. In that, since 2010 that provision has been firmly entrenched in the Equality Act which replaced and encompassed much other discrimination legislation such as that concerning age, disability, gender, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and Fairness at Work.
The Equalities Act also made it unlawful to treat someone less favourably because they work part-time or are on a fixed term contract. In that, the act was one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation passed by the UK Parliament in my view since the Health & Safety at Work Act came into being in 1974.
Therefore and without doubt, the introduction of the above legislation brought to the UK an equal opportunity for any person no matter what their gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age the ability to make the most of the life skills they possess or gain throughout life, in equal opportunity with all others.
In that, what wealth that brings to anyone in that equality of opportunity is entirely for them to concern themselves with, and that's the way it should be.
